Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Spanish Battleship Launched.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 8, 1913:
    FERROL, May 7.— The battleship Alfonso XIII. was launched here to-day. The Infanta Isabel, aunt of the King, named the warship. The Alfonso XIII. was laid down in February, 1910. She is of 15,460 tons displacement and will carry a complement of 700 men.

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